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most citedGaia Data Release 2. Summary of the contents and survey properties

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astro-ph.IM2018★ 9 cited

The Global sphere reconstruction (GSR) - Demonstrating an independent implementation of the astrometric core solution for Gaia

Alberto Vecchiato, Beatrice Bucciarelli, Mario G. Lattanzi +6

Context. The Gaia ESA mission will estimate the astrometric and physical data of more than one billion objects, providing the largest and most precise catalog of absolute astrometr…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 8.6k cited

Gaia Data Release 2. Summary of the contents and survey properties

Gaia Collaboration, A. G. A. Brown, A. Vallenari +4

We present the second Gaia data release, Gaia DR2, consisting of astrometry, photometry, radial velocities, and information on astrophysical parameters and variability, for sources…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 423 cited

Gaia Data Release 2: Mapping the Milky Way disc kinematics

Gaia Collaboration, D. Katz, T. Antoja +12

To illustrate the potential of GDR2, we provide a first look at the kinematics of the Milky Way disc, within a radius of several kiloparsecs around the Sun. We benefit for the firs…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 102 cited

Gaia Data Release 2: Observations of solar system objects

Gaia Collaboration, F. Spoto, P. Tanga +4

The Gaia spacecraft of the European Space Agency (ESA) has been securing observations of solar system objects (SSOs) since the beginning of its operations. Gaia Data Release 2 (DR2…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 194 cited

Gaia Data Release 2: The Celestial reference frame (Gaia-CRF2)

F. Mignard, S. Klioner, L. Lindegren +3

The second release of Gaia data (Gaia DR2) contains the astrometric parameters for more than half a million quasars. This set defines a kinematically non-rotating reference frame i…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 2k cited

Gaia Data Release 2: The astrometric solution

L. Lindegren, J. Hernandez, A. Bombrun +87

Gaia Data Release 2 (Gaia DR2) contains results for 1693 million sources in the magnitude range 3 to 21 based on observations collected by the European Space Agency Gaia satellite…